Classic car collectors and admirers alike can rev up their weekend at the 21st Annual Flashback Cruz.
August 3-6, over 300 vintage vehicles, 1974 and older, will roll into Bend for the open class event.
“This is our seventh open class,” said Joan Spongberg, chairperson for the Flashback Cruz. “We used to just have Chevys, but then their friends got upset,” she laughed.
(Top) 2005 Winner. Remaining 3 photos courtesy of TraditionalMountaineering.orgCar enthusiasts come from all over ... [full story]

Movie Review of "Lady in the Water"
Even with the creation of a beautifully-wrought film of contemporary fantasy, it seems as if M. Night Shyamalan can't win. Like a musician who's biggest hit keeps haunting him, Shyamalan's detractors keep mumbling, "well, it's no 'Sixth Sense.'" The flip side would be, "gee, it's just like 'Sixth Sense.'" Four films later, it's no wonder Shyamalan responds by writing an acerbic film critic into this latest venture.
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A Terrebonne-area man was critically injured Wednesday morning after losing control of his car and colliding with two other vehicles on Highway 97 about four miles north of Bend. The man's erratic driving had earlier been reported by several people to Deschutes County 911 but local police agencies were unable to locate him before the crash happened.
OSP Photo On July 26, 2006 at about 9:25 am, several 911 calls were received regarding the erratic driving ... [full story]

"SOURCE TO SEA" DOCUMENTARY CHRONICLES CHRISTOPHER SWAIN'S EPIC 1,243-MILE SWIM DOWN THE COLUMBIA RIVEROn July 1, 2003, Christopher Swain completed his 165-day, 1,243-mile swim from the headwaters of the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean, bringing worldwide attention to the threats facing the Columbia River. Swain swam up to 25 miles a day, braved waters as cold as 39 degrees, encountered every toxic from arsenic to zinc, and persisted through the slack water pools behind ... [full story]

"This is precisely what I have been warning the public about. It's the first sign of the tsunami of defaults and foreclosures that are coming," cautions Consumer Advocate and International Mortgage Reduction Expert, Harj Gill.
Gill, who is also the Founder, President and CEO of American Mortgage Educators, Inc., has been on a one-man crusade warning homeowners of the risks associated with exotic mortgages and urging them to take immediate action to avoid going into ... [full story]

Ceremony to be shown on a live webcast August 1st Heather Renz, a 4th Grade teacher at Vern Patrick Elementary School in Redmond, has been chosen as one of this year’s 44 Disney Teacher Award Honorees, chosen from more than 75,000 nominees for her exceptional creativity, innovative teaching style and ability to inspire her students.
Heather Renz Honorees receive $10,000, a week of celebration in Disneyland, $5,000 for their schools, and a six-day professional development institute with their ... [full story]